Hillsborough man sentenced for selling heroin that led to teen's fatal overdose

SOMERVILLE — A Hillsborough man will serve up to six years in jail for providing heroin to a teenager who later died of an overdose, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said.

Steven Pinter, 24, was sentenced Tuesday in Somerville by Superior Court Judge Paul Armstrong, Soriano said. Pinter pleaded guilty this summer to an indictment that accused him of offering heroin to six people in August 2010 – including a 19-year-old man who died from an overdose, Soriano said.

Pinter is eligible for parole after five years and one month of his sentence, Soriano said. Pinter’s charges included five counts of heroin distribution, two probation violations and first-degree strict liability for drug induced death.

A six-month investigation by county and Hillsborough police detectives found that Pinter purchased the heroin in Philadelphia and sold the drug in Hillsborough, Soriano said.